GEDmatch

After reading about GEDmatch in another discussion here, I encouraged my client to sign up and I helped her upload the necessary information to it (I haven't had any DNA testing done myself yet so have to live vicariously ), so now I am hoping some knowledgeable person/people can help me understand the jolly thing!

For example - the Archaic Matches chart. If you look at the attached file (a screenshot of the results), what is it actually telling us? I assume it is the orange areas that are the matches? I did try clicking on the provided link for further information but came away little the wiser

Thanks for any light that can be shed.

 

Sorry, Raven, I've only experience of yDNA and mtDNA. With so few replies, I'm afraid you may have to to look for help elsewhere. Have you looked at the Wikitree GEDMatch project or ISOGG? There's also a DNA Newbies group on Yahoo. And Google of course! I think Peter has atDNA tested, so he may have some words of wisdom.

 

Thank you for your replies. I shall do more research via google, but I had thought I'd ask here first just in case - people here do tend to explain things so well

 

I've recently gotten DNA results and uploaded to GEDMatch - it's very exciting, but totally new territory for me. I match very distantly on Chromosome 20, but the graphic for Chr 16 has a wider green patch than normally shows up in any of my other ones - so here's my question:

When I click on the "A" in GEDMatch, and find a possible distance cousin (as in 8.7 cm, 6.7 estimated generations), , do these green things indicate a better match? The chart at the top of the page says (Base Pairs with Full Match = Green)

Hopefully this question is clear - tried to insert an image of Chr 16, but it wouldn't allow me to do that.
Thanks!